Ice cream – sometimes a delicacy and often a necessity for any sweet tooth – has reached and drawn from almost every corner of the world, and its delectable charm has not escaped those of us in the newsroom. Each week, the staffers of the Daily Bruin will head to different corners and cultural pockets […]
Author Archives: Samantha Mannis
Mannis: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ comes to bittersweet end
Kids, it was almost 10 years ago when the cast of “How I Met Your Mother” took its first seat in that booth at MacLaren’s pub, ordered its usual and won over the hearts and funny bones of audiences around the world. Winding down its ninth and final season, “How I Met Your Mother” has […]
2014 Oscar music nominees celebrated in concert at UCLA
The lights dim, the audience quiets down and the brilliant stage at Royce Hall is lit up with giant, golden Oscar statuettes at each corner. In walks the Academy Symphony Orchestra, and the audience roars with excitement. It was the first time the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had ever hosted a concert […]
Los Angeles film community compares new, old technology
The modern filmmaker must make a choice that 20 years ago, nobody may have even thought twice about: film or digital? Today’s filmmakers are making the switch to digital technologies to shoot their films, movie theaters are switching out old film projectors for digital systems and many are concerned for the future of film technology. […]